Dynamic Leadership – Building Your Leadership Team [RR 498]

The Men behind Dynamic:

Dwayne Myers, Partner Dynamic Automotive

Mark Murphy, Lead Technician

Todd Zimmerman, Location leader

Bob Allen, VP of Operations, from wrenching to location leader

Key Talking Points:

• Career-pathing. The leaders are there when you need them
• Shop owners can develop their team and really grow and make a difference in our industry
• The team knows there are growth opportunities within the company
• Concept: Train your replacement
• Dwayne is out of operations every day and relies on his leadership team to make decisions 
• I took a long time for the owners of Dynamic to learn this and to learn to trust
• Communication is the key to making this happen
• Owners were thinking more internally in the past years and realized they needed to think outward to their team and community
• The Dynamic website tells their story. They won a top ten website honor from AutoInc Magazine
• Training is a strong component to the culture of Dynamic Automotive
• They have created a new business model ‘Dynamic Off-Road ’ They are there to discover new suppliers, products and relationships to grow this new customer offering.   

Resources:

• Thanks to Dwayne Myers, Mark Murphy,  Todd Zimmerman, and Bob Allen for their contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast.
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